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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 224309" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The principal sounds like she's trying to duck responsibility. If she has that attitude, then it's no wonder they haven't really done anything about difficult child's truancy. Very slack. But it is a way of keeping their workload down as well as their expenses.</p><p></p><p>YOu said, "Whenever I've done that before [gone over the principal's head], they go straight to the principal and figure out a way to cover the sd's rear. Maybe I should call someone at the state DOE."</p><p></p><p>YOu put it in writing, you make sure that delivery leaves a paper trail (ie registered letter, or alternatively, hand-delivered by yourself with a copy which you kep, both copies signed by you and by the person to whom they're addressed; also, letters with "cc to:..." on the bottom, with people listed as getting copies to include SD and any higher officials).</p><p></p><p>Then WHEN you get the letter back from the higher-ups passing the buck back to the school, you then write back to them IMMEDIATELY with reasons why you want SD to handle it, reasons why you wrote to them in the first place - quote the principal's lines and then refute them, in writing. Also refute the princicpal's lines in writing to the principal, for example:</p><p>"You say my son's general behaviour problems are not a school issue. However, they directly connect to his increasing truancy, which surely IS a school issue? My son IS a significant behaviour problem, I have reported this to you for some time. The only reason you have not observed the extent of this in the school environment, is because difficult child is seldom in the school environment. I fail to see how this is NOT a school issue, one which is directly under your jurisdiction."</p><p></p><p>Or words to that effect.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest posting about this over in Special Education forum, see what they can suggest.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 224309, member: 1991"] The principal sounds like she's trying to duck responsibility. If she has that attitude, then it's no wonder they haven't really done anything about difficult child's truancy. Very slack. But it is a way of keeping their workload down as well as their expenses. YOu said, "Whenever I've done that before [gone over the principal's head], they go straight to the principal and figure out a way to cover the sd's rear. Maybe I should call someone at the state DOE." YOu put it in writing, you make sure that delivery leaves a paper trail (ie registered letter, or alternatively, hand-delivered by yourself with a copy which you kep, both copies signed by you and by the person to whom they're addressed; also, letters with "cc to:..." on the bottom, with people listed as getting copies to include SD and any higher officials). Then WHEN you get the letter back from the higher-ups passing the buck back to the school, you then write back to them IMMEDIATELY with reasons why you want SD to handle it, reasons why you wrote to them in the first place - quote the principal's lines and then refute them, in writing. Also refute the princicpal's lines in writing to the principal, for example: "You say my son's general behaviour problems are not a school issue. However, they directly connect to his increasing truancy, which surely IS a school issue? My son IS a significant behaviour problem, I have reported this to you for some time. The only reason you have not observed the extent of this in the school environment, is because difficult child is seldom in the school environment. I fail to see how this is NOT a school issue, one which is directly under your jurisdiction." Or words to that effect. I would suggest posting about this over in Special Education forum, see what they can suggest. Marg [/QUOTE]
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